HELP why isn't ativan working now??

[dolphin845]

I've been taking .25mg at a time of ativan for anxiety.  And sometimes I need to take another .25mg. way later in the day.  Last week I was kept at a nice steady pace and today I'm a mess.  I'm sedated from the one .25mg. but my anxiety is BAD.  Hard to breathe and my stomach is all nervous feeling.  I get anxiety induced nausea.  If I take another .25mg. that's going to knock me out.  I took a compazine just now.  It always helps my stomach and doesn't sedate me and it calms me down.  That's what I was taking before I started the ativan on a more daily basis but I didn't want to chance the side effect that the compazine can give.
Now, I don't know what to do.

[dolphin845]

I've only been on it and only .25mg. for less than a week.  And today I was so out of it, so sedated,  I couldn't stand it.  I slept the day away and it really did nothing for my haird of breathing and anxiety induced nausea.  I'm thinking maybe benzos are not for me.
Anything else out there besides compazine?

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

ativan is not for everyday use, after a while your body gets used to the dose and needs more, you need to be on something for long term like klonopin, talk to your dr.

[dolphin845]

I guess I can't edit so I'll just add on here.....  I keep a daily diary of my progress or not.
It looks like my best days are followed by taking my compazine.  10mg. pills.
I've gone 7 days without any compazine, only ativan and I'm just getting worse.  My anxiety.
Compazine works for me!  I can get by by taking one 10mg pill every 2-3 days.
I'm thinking it wasn't the ativan helping me much it was the compazine.
I see my doc again on the 1st of aug.  And I will discuss this with her.  I've talked with the pharmacist and he assures me that that low a dose of compazine is nothing and I will be fine with that.  If I was taking up to 75mg. a day,  that is a different story.